Honda PCX150 Owner's Manual

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Welcome

Congratulations on your purchase of a new Honda scooter. Your selection of a Honda makes you part of a worldwide family of satisfied customers who appreciate Honda’s reputation for building quality into every product.

To ensure your safety and riding pleasure:

● Read this owner’s manual carefully.

● Follow all recommendations and

procedures contained in this manual.

● Pay close attention to safety messages

contained in this manual and on the scooter.

● The following codes in this manual indicate

each country.

● The illustrations here in are based on the

ED type.

Country Codes

Code Country

E UK FFrance ED European direct sales U Australia, New Zealand

*The specifications may vary with each locale.

A Few Words About Safety

DANGER

WARNING

CAUTION

NOTICE

Your safety, and the safety of others, is very important. Operating this scooter safely is an important responsibility. To help you make informed decisions about safety, we have provided operating procedures and other information on safety labels and in this manual. This information alerts you to potential hazards that could hurt you or others. Of course, it is not practical or possible to warn you about all hazards associated with operating or maintaining a scooter. You must use your own good judgement.

You will find important safety information in a variety of forms, including:

● Safety labels on the scooter.

● Safety Messages preceded by a safety alert

symbol and one of three signal words: DANGER, WARNING, or CAUTION. These signal words mean:

You WILL be KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

You CAN be KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

You CAN be HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

Other important information is provided under the following titles:

Information to help you avoid damage to your scooter, other property, or the environment.

Scooter Safety P. 2

Operation Guide P. 18

Maintenance P. 42

Troubleshooting P. 80

Information P. 95

Specifications P. 106

Index P. 109

Scooter Safety

This section contains important information for safe riding of your scooter. Please read this section carefully.

Safety Guidelines .........................................P. 3

Image Labels.................................................P. 6

Safety Precautions .....................................P. 11

Riding Precautions .....................................P. 12

Accessories & Modifications......................P. 15

Loading .......................................................P. 16

Safety Guidelines

Scooter Safety

Safety Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to enhance your safety:

● Perform all routine and regular inspections

specified in this manual.

● Stop the engine and keep sparks and flame

away before filling the fuel tank.

● Do not run the engine in enclosed or partly

enclosed areas. Carbon monoxide in exhaust gases is toxic and can kill you.

Always Wear a Helmet

It’s a proven fact: helmets and protective apparel significantly reduce the number and severity of head and other injuries. So always wear an approved motorcycle helmet and protective apparel.

2 P. 11

Before Riding

Make sure that you are physically fit, mentally focused and free of alcohol and drugs. Check

that you and your passenger are both wearing an approved motorcycle helmet and protective apparel. Instruct your passenger on holding onto the grab rail or your waist, leaning with you in turns, and keeping their feet on the footpegs, even when the scooter is stopped.

Take Time to Learn & Practice

Even if you have ridden other scooters, practice riding in a safe area to become familiar with how this scooter works and handles, and to become accustomed to the scooter’s size and weight.

Ride Defensively

Always pay attention to other vehicles around you, and do not assume that other drivers see you. Be prepared to stop quickly or perform an evasive maneuver.

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Safety Guidelines

Scooter Safety

Make Yourself Easy to See

Make yourself more visible, especially at night, by wearing bright reflective clothing, positioning yourself so other drivers can see you, signaling before turning or changing lanes, and using your horn when necessary.

Ride within Your Limits

Never ride beyond your personal abilities or faster than conditions warrant. Fatigue and inattention can impair your ability to use good judgement and ride safely.

Don’t Drink and Ride

Alcohol and riding don’t mix. Even one alcoholic drink can reduce your ability to respond to changing conditions, and your reaction time gets worse with every additional drink. Don’t drink and ride, and don’t let your friends drink and ride either.

Keep Your Honda in Safe Condition

It’s important to keep your scooter properly maintained and in safe riding condition. Inspect your scooter before every ride and perform all recommended maintenance. Never exceed load limits ( your scooter or install accessories that would make your scooter unsafe (

2 P. 16), and do not modify

2 P. 15).

If You are Involved in a Crash

Personal safety is your first priority. If you or anyone else has been injured, take time to assess the severity of the injuries and whether it is safe to continue riding. Call for emergency assistance if needed. Also follow applicable laws and regulations if another person or vehicle is involved in the crash.

If you decide to continue riding, first turn the ignition switch to off, and evaluate the condition of your scooter. Inspect for fluid

Safety Guidelines

Scooter Safety

WARNING

leaks, check the tightness of critical nuts and bolts, and check the handlebar, brake levers, brakes, and wheels. Ride slowly and cautiously. Your scooter may have suffered damage that is not immediately apparent. Have your scooter thoroughly checked at a qualified service facility as soon as possible.

Carbon Monoxide Hazard

Exhaust contains poisonous carbon monoxide, a colourless, odorless gas. Breathing carbon monoxide can cause loss of consciousness and may lead to death.

If you run the engine in confined or even partly enclosed area, the air you breathe could contain a dangerous amount of carbon monoxide. Never run your scooter inside a garage or other enclosure.

Carbon monoxide gas is toxic. Breathing it can cause unconsciousness and even kill you.

Avoid any areas or activities that expose you to carbon monoxide.

Image Labels

Scooter Safety

Image Labels

The following pages describe the label meanings. Some labels warn you of potential hazards that could cause serious injury. Others provide important safety information. Read this information carefully and don’t remove the labels.

If a label comes off or becomes hard to read, contact your dealer for a replacement.

There is a specific symbol on each label. The meanings of each symbol and label are as follows.

Read instructions contained in Owner’s Manual carefully.

Read instructions contained in Shop Manual carefully. In the interest of safety, take the scooter to be serviced only by your dealer.

DANGER (with RED background)

You WILL be KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

WARNING (with ORANGE background)

You CAN be KILLED or SERIOUSLY HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

CAUTION (with YELLOW background)

You CAN be HURT if you don’t follow instructions.

Image Labels

Scooter Safety

BATTERY LABEL DANGER

• Keep flame and spark away from the battery. Battery produce explosive gas that can cause explosion.

• Wear the eye protection and rubber gloves when handling the battery, or you can get burned or lose your eyesight by the battery electrolyte.

• Do not allow children and other people to touch a battery unless they understand proper handling and hazards of the battery very well.

• Handle the battery electrolyte with extreme care as it contains dilute sulfuric acid. Contact with your skin or eyes can burn you or cause loss of your eyesight.

• Read this manual carefully and understand it before handling the battery. Neglect of the instructions can cause personal injury and damage to the scooter.

• Do not use a battery with the electrolyte at or below the lower level mark. It can explode causing serious injury.

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Image Labels

Scooter Safety

ACCESSORIES AND LOADING WARNING LABEL WARNING

ACCESSORIES AND LOADING

• The safety stability and handling of this scooter may be affected by the addition of accessories and luggage.

• Read carefully the instructions contained in user’s manual and installation guide before installing any accessory.

• The total weight of accessories and luggage added to rider’s and passenger’s weight should not exceed 180 kg (397 lb), which is the maximum weight capacity.

• The luggage weight must not exceed 13 kg (29 lb) under any circumstances.

• The fitting of large fork-mounted or large handlebar mounted fairing is not recommended.

RADIATOR CAP LABEL DANGER

NEVER OPEN WHEN HOT. Hot coolant will scald you. Relief pressure valve begins to open at 1.1 kgf/cm

Image Labels

Scooter Safety

Except U type

TYRE INFORMATION LABEL

Cold tyre pressure: [Driver only]

Front 200 kPa (2.00 kgf/cm2, 29 psi) Rear 225 kPa (2.25 kgf/cm2, 33 psi)

[Driver and passenger]

Front 200 kPa (2.00 kgf/cm2, 29 psi) Rear 250 kPa (2.50 kgf/cm2, 36 psi)

Tyre size:

Front 90/90-14M/C 46P Rear 100/90-14M/C 57P

Tyre brand: IRC DUNLOP

Front SS-560F TT900F Rear SS-560R TT900A

SAFETY REMINDER LABEL

For your protection, always wear helmet, protective apparel.

FUEL LABEL

Unleaded petrol only.

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Image Labels

Scooter Safety

CARGO LIMIT LABEL Do not exceed 10 kg (22 lb).

CARGO LIMIT LABEL Do not exceed 1.0 kg (2.2 lb).

Safety Precautions

Scooter Safety

WARNING

Safety Precautions

● Ride cautiously and keep your hands on the

handlebar and feet on the floor.

● Keep passenger’s hands on the grab rail or

your waist, passenger’s feet on the footpegs while riding.

● Always consider the safety of your passenger,

as well as other drivers and riders.

Protective Apparel

Make sure that you and any passenger are wearing an approved motorcycle helmet, eye protection, and high-visibility protective clothing. Ride defensively in response to weather and road conditions.

Helmet

❙

Safety-standard certified, high-visibility, correct size for your head.

● Must fit comfortably but securely, with the

chin strap fastened.

● Face shield with unobstructed field of vision

or other approved eye protection.

Not wearing a helmet increases the chance of serious injury or death in a crash.

Make sure that you and any passenger always wear an approved helmet and protective apparel.

Gloves

❙

Full-finger leather gloves with high abrasion resistance.

Boots or Riding Shoes

❙

Sturdy boots with non-slip soles and ankle protection.

Jacket and Trousers

❙

Protective, highly visible, long-sleeved jacket and durable trousers for riding (or a protective suit).

Riding Precautions

Scooter Safety

Riding Precautions

Running-in Period

During the first 500 km (300 miles) of running, follow these guidelines to ensure your scooter’s future reliability and performance.

● Avoid full-throttle starts and rapid

acceleration.

● Avoid hard braking.

● Ride conservatively.

Brakes

Observe the following guidelines:

● For full brake effectiveness, operate both the

front and rear brakes together.

● Avoid excessively hard braking.

u Sudden braking can reduce the scooter’s

stability.

u Where possible, reduce speed before

turning; otherwise you risk sliding out.

● Exercise caution on low traction surfaces.

u The tyres slip more easily on such surfaces

and braking distances are longer.

● Avoid continuous braking.

u Repeated braking, such as when

descending long, steep slopes can seriously overheat the brakes, reducing their effectiveness.

Combined Brake System (CBS)

❙

Your scooter is equipped with a brake system that distributes the braking force between the front and rear brakes. The distribution of the braking force applied to the front and rear brakes when operating the front brake lever only and when operating the rear brake lever only is different. For full braking effectiveness, operate both the brake lever together.

Riding Precautions

Scooter Safety

Wet or Rainy Conditions

❙

Road surfaces are slippery when wet, and wet brakes further reduce braking efficiency. Exercise extra caution when braking in wet conditions. If the brakes get wet, apply the brakes while riding at low speed to help them dry.

Parking

● Park on a firm, level surface.

● If you must park on a slight incline or loose

surface, park so that the scooter cannot move or fall over.

● Make sure that high-temperature parts

cannot come into contact with flammable materials.

● Do not touch the engine, muffler, brakes and

other high-temperature parts until they cool down.

● To reduce the likelihood of theft, always lock

the handlebar, remove the key and close the shutter when leaving the scooter unattended. Use of an anti-theft device is also recommended.

Parking with the Side Stand or Centre Stand

❙

Stop the engine.

Use the side stand

Push the side stand down. Slowly lean the scooter to the left until its weight rests on the side stand.

Use the centre stand

Let down the centre stand, stand on the left side of the scooter. Hold the left handle grip and the left grab rail. Press down on the tip of the stand with your right foot and, simultaneously, pull up and back.

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Riding Precautions

Scooter Safety

Left handle grip

Grab rail

Centre stand

Turn the handlebar fully to the left.

u Turning the handlebar to the right reduces

stability and may cause the scooter to fall.

Turn the ignition switch to the LOCK position, remove the key and close the shutter.

2 P. 25, 26

Refuelling and Fuel Guidelines

Follow these guidelines to protect the engine and catalytic converters:

● Use only unleaded petrol.

● Use recommended octane number. Using

lower octane petrol will result in decreased engine performance.

● Do not use fuels containing a high

concentration of alcohol.

● Do not use stale or contaminated petrol or an

oil/petrol mixture.

● Avoid getting dust, or water in the fuel tank.

2 P. 98

Accessories & Modifications

Scooter Safety

WARNING

Accessories & Modifications

We strongly advise that you do not add any accessories that were not specifically designed for your scooter by Honda or make modifications to your scooter from its original design. Doing so can make it unsafe. Modifying your scooter may also void your warranty and make your scooter illegal to operate on public roads and highways. Before deciding to install accessories on your scooter be certain the modification is safe and legal.

Improper accessories or modifications can cause a crash in which you can be seriously hurt or killed.

Follow all instructions in this owner’s manual regarding accessories and modifications.

Do not pull a trailer with, or attach a sidecar to, your scooter. Your scooter was not designed for these attachments, and their use can seriously impair your scooter’s handling.

Loading

Scooter Safety

WARNING

● Carrying extra weight affects your scooter’s

handling, braking and stability. Always ride at a safe speed for the load you are carrying.

● Avoid carrying an excessive load and keep

within specified load limits.

2 Maximum weight capacity / Maximum

luggage weight P. 106

● Tie all luggage securely, evenly balanced and

close to the centre of the scooter.

● Do not place objects near the lights or the

muffler.

Overloading or improper loading can cause a crash and you can be seriously hurt or killed.

Follow all load limits and other loading guidelines in this manual.

Scooter Safety

Operation Guide

Parts Location

Engine oil drain bolt (P68)

Front brake fluid reservoir (P72)

CBS brake fluid reservoir (P72)

Throttle grip (P78)

Engine oil fill cap/dipstick (P66 )

Document bag (P40) Centre compartment (P40)

Battery (P61) Fuse box (P94)

Front brake lever

Tool kit (P57)

Coolant reserve tank (P70)

Operation Guide

Side stand (P77)

Glove box (P41)

Helmet holder (P39)

Seat (P38)

Fuel fill cap (P36)

Crankcase breather (P62)

Oil strainer screen cap (P68)

Centre stand (P13)

Spark plug (P63)

Rear brake lever

Operation Guide

Instruments

Display Check

When the ignition switch is turned on, the speedometer needle swings to the maximum scale on the dial once, all the mode and digital segments will show. If any part of these displays does not come on when it should, have your dealer check for problems.

MODE button

Speedometer

This is shows your speed in kilometer per hour (km/h) and/or miles per hour (mph) depend on type.

Operation Guide

Odometer [ODO] & Tripmeter [TRIP]

MODE button switches between odometer & tripmeter at the ordinary display.

• Odometer: Total distance ridden.

• Tripmeter: Distance ridden since tripmeter was reset (press and hold MODE button to reset to

0.0 km/mile).

Fuel gauge

Remaining fuel when there is only 1st (E) segment: approximately 1.4 litres (0.37 US gal, 0.31 Imp gal) This segment flashes when the fuel decreases further.

If the fuel gauge indicators repeat flashing or turned off: (P84)

Operation Guide

Indicators

Comes on briefly when the ignition switch is turned on.

If it comes on while engine is running:

(P83)

PGM-FI (Programmed Fuel

Injection) malfunction indicator lamp (MIL)

High coolant

temperature indicator

If it comes on while riding:

(P82)

Operation Guide

High beam indicator

Left turn signal indicator Right turn signal indicator

Comes on when the Idling Stop switch to IDLING STOP. Flashes when the Idling Stop system is activated.

Idling Stop system:

(P27)

Idling Stop indicator

Operation Guide

Switches

Start button

Horn button

Turn signal switch

u Pressing the switch turns the

turn signal off.

Headlight dimmer switch

• : High beam

• : Low beam

Idling Stop switch

Switches the Idling Stop system on/off.

• IDLING STOP : The Idling Stop system is on.

• IDLING : The Idling Stop system is off.

Idling Stop system:

(P27)

Operation Guide

Ignition Switch

Switches the electrical system on/off, locks the steering, and operates the fuel lid and seat opener switch.

u Key can be removed when in the OFF

or LOCK position.

Turns electrical system on for starting/riding.

OFF

Turns engine off.

LOCK

Locks steering.

OPENER

Operates the fuel lid and seat opener switch.

Push

Ignition key

Turn

Steering Lock

Lock the steering when parking to help prevent theft. A U-shaped wheel lock or similar device is also recommended.

Locking

❙

!a Turn the handlebar all the way to the left. !b Push the key down, and turn the ignition

switch to the LOCK position.

u Jiggle the handlebar if the lock is difficult

to engage.

!c Remove the key.

Unlocking

❙

Insert the key, push it in, and turn the ignition switch to the OFF position.

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Switches (Continued)

Operation Guide

Ignition key

Open

Shutter key

ProjectionSlot

Knob

Shutter

The ignition switch for this scooter is equipped with a shutter. After parking the scooter, close the shutter for theft prevention.

❙

!a Remove the ignition key from the ignition

switch.

!b Align the projection of the shutter key with

the slot of the shutter, and turn the shutter key counterclockwise.

u You can also close the shutter by moving

the knob upward without the shutter key.

!c Remove the key.

Open

❙

Align the projection of the shutter key with the slot of the shutter, and turn the shutter key clockwise.

Operation Guide

Idling Stop System

Idling Stop switch

This scooter is equipped with Idling Stop system. Idling Stop system is designed to help reduce the fuel consumption and noise, by idling stop while making a stop such as waiting at an intersection.

Idling Stop System Operating Conditions

Followings are requirements for the Idling Stop system to operate properly.

Before riding

• Put the side stand up.

• Warm up the engine.

u Idling Stop system does not operate, if

the engine is not warmed up.

• Push the Idling Stop switch to IDLING STOP.

Ride the scooter at speed over 10 km/h (6 mph), to enable the Idling Stop system under above conditions.

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Honda PCX150 Owner's Manual

Welcome

A Few Words About Safety

Contents

Scooter Safety

Safety Guidelines

Image Labels

Safety Precautions

Riding Precautions

Accessories & Modifications

Loading

Parts Location

Instruments

Indicators

Switches

Idling Stop System